Archive for December, 2012

Michael Lee’s blog › Ecology is infinitely precious: the challenge of change in Australia’s long-term future Posted on December 29, 2012 “In the end…the environmental budget is the only one that really counts…it’s difficult to find two nations that have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Enacted budgets in FY 2011 and 2012, along with the President’s budget request for FYs 2013 and beyond, for astronomy-related divisions of NASA and NSF AST. Funding amounts after FY 2012 are (thankfully) subject to change. Introducing the Federal Budget […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

SMITHSONIAN SAYS “STAY HOME” The Smithsonian Institution, the nation’s largest collection of museums, says Americans should stay home. They do not need to travel to Washington, DC and should not plan to visit any of the Smithsonian’s museums. Okay, they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Charlie Bolden’s Meandering Strategic Plans By Keith Cowing on December 28, 2012 7:55 PM Keith’s note: The President directs NASA to send a human mission to an asteroid and prepare for a trip to Mars in the 2030s. NASA responds […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The bioskiving process (Image credit: Qiaobing Xu) New collagen scaffolding technique to benefit tissue engineering By David Szondy December 29, 2012 Collagen is the main component of connective tissues and the most abundant protein in the human body. Biocompatible and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Space Station Mir seen from the aft. The MCSA is titled in the image. Image Credit: NASA What Do Mir’s Solar Arrays Predict for ISS Arrays? Part 2: The Mir Cooperative Solar Array By Christopher Paul The Mir Solar Array […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Space Station Mir as seen on approach by Atlantis on STS-76. Image Credit: NASA What Do Mir’s Solar Arrays Predict for ISS arrays? By Christopher Paul In 1997 the Mir Core Module had been in orbit since 1986, for a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Q&A: Adam Frank, astrophysicist, on computing’s next revolution By Christie Nicholson | December 28, 2012, 5:00 AM PST Computing is closing in on a horizon of potentially massive change, again. If you think the last decade of digital innovation brought […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Orbital Sciences Poised For 2013 ISS Cargo Deliveries By Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com Source: AWIN First December 27, 2012 Hurricane Sandy came and went in late 2012, as did many of the start up issues at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…